Linda Rice is as meticulous as they come in preparing her horses. The conditioner knows every detail about each and every horse in her care and maps out very specific plans for them. But, as organized as Rice is, she…
Max Player Has Shorter Route to Belmont Stakes Victory
In the days following Max Player’s victory in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes on Feb. 1 at Aqueduct, while many were starting to talk Kentucky Derby, trainer Linda Rice seemed more excited about the Belmont Stakes. She believed Max Player…
Rice Aims For Historic Belmont Win With Max Player
When Linda Rice was 17 and she told her father, Clyde, of her ambition to follow in his footsteps by becoming a trainer, his reply said much about the industry and the world at that time. “It would be easier,” he…
Max Player On Top of His Game In Final Work For Belmont Stakes
If Max Player improves as much in the afternoon as he has in the morning, he just might have a chance to pull an upset in next Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes. For the second time in 10 days, Max…
Max Player Captures the Withers
Max Player went from maiden winner to graded winner by outstaying his competition in Saturday’s GIII Withers S. His victory was both the first black-type and graded for sire Honor Code (A.P. Indy), whose Lane’s End barn mate Tonalist was…